Broadcast Rights

Competitions available on Ziggo Sport 5

UEFA Champions League

2024-2027

Ziggo Sport has acquired exclusive broadcast and streaming rights to the UEFA Champions League in the Netherlands until 2027 after signing a three-year deal. The pay-TV network’s contract with UEFA covers the 2024-25, 2025-26, and 2026-27 editions of the Champions League and also includes the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

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Football fans in the Netherlands have several subscription options to select from. Those seeking to watch games for free can pick “Ziggo Sport Free”, which allows viewers to live-stream only games involving Dutch clubs and the Champions League final using the Ziggo GO app. Another package is “Ziggo Sport”, free for all already-paying Ziggo customers. It includes TV broadcasts of Champions League games on Channel 14 and live-streaming access via the Ziggo GO app. In that package, viewers can watch at least one match per match week (including Dutch clubs), the UEFA Champions League final, and all match summaries.

For those looking for a comprehensive broadcast and live-streaming experience, the “Ziggo Sport Totaal” package includes TV broadcasts of every single Champions League game on six different linear channels, as well as live-streaming via the Ziggo Sport Totaal app. Bonus content includes extensive pre- and post-match analysis, interviews, and highlight shows. Subscribers can watch live Champions League matches in the Netherlands on Ziggo GO and the Ziggo Sport Totaal apps on various devices, including Android and iOS mobile phones, tablets, desktops, smart TVs, and computers.

UEFA Europa League

2024-2027

Ziggo Sport is the exclusive broadcaster of the UEFA Europa League in the Netherlands from 2024 to 2027. The commercial network’s linear and digital coverage includes broadcasting matches on both a free-to-air and paid basis for fans based in the Netherlands.

Ziggo Sport offers free streaming coverage of select Europa League matches involving Dutch teams via the Ziggo GO app.

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Fans can select the “Ziggo Sport Free” package to stream games on their mobiles, tablets, computers, and other devices without signing up for a full subscription to Ziggo Sport. Customers already subscribed to Ziggo Sport can watch matches on Channel 14 (for no additional charge) and stream games live and on-demand via the Ziggo GO app.

Subscribers seeking a more comprehensive broadcast and streaming experience can select the “Ziggo Sport Totaal” package. This includes TV broadcasts, as well as online streams, of Europa League matches on multiple linear channels and via the Ziggo GO app.

In addition to offering linear and digital coverage of Europa League matches, fans can access shoulder programming on Ziggo Sport’s various platforms, including pre and post-match analysis, highlights, magazine shows, interviews, and documentaries.

UEFA Nations League

2022-2028

UEFA Nations League matches are shown live on Ziggo Sport in the Netherlands, and Ziggo customers can watch all matches from the tournament across their linear pay-TV channels and mobile phone app.

The best matches from the competition are reserved for Ziggo Sport 1 and Ziggo Sport 2, but every single game is available for live streaming on the Ziggo Sport Totaal app, which can be downloaded onto iOS and Android devices.

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All Nations League matches on Ziggo Sport are broadcast with Dutch commentary, with the biggest matches receiving longer coverage, including pre and post-match interviews.

UEFA Conference League

2024-2027

UEFA Euro Qualifying

2022-2028

Africa Cup of Nations

2024-2025

Spain - La Liga

2022-2029

Ziggo Sport has extended its LaLiga broadcast rights in the Netherlands until 2029 following a new seven-year deal. The pay-TV broadcaster’s contract covers the 2022-23 through the 2028-29 LaLiga seasons. LaLiga fans in the Netherlands have several options for watching and streaming LaLiga games. The “Ziggo Sport” package is free for viewers already subscribed to Ziggo.

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It includes select TV broadcasts of top LaLiga matches on Channel 14 and streaming using the Ziggo GO App.

Meanwhile, the “Ziggo Sport Totaal” package offers a more comprehensive broadcasting and streaming option. Up to six linear channels cover all LaLiga matches, and streaming is accessible using the Ziggo Sport Totaal app. Additional LaLiga content on Ziggo’s linear and digital platforms includes match analysis and dedicated football shows.

The Ziggo GO and the Ziggo Sport Totaal apps are compatible across multiple devices, including mobiles and tablets (Android and iOS), PCs, Macs, and smart TVs.

Italy - Serie A

2024-2029

Serie A matches are shown live on Ziggo Sport weekly in the Netherlands. Ziggo, the largest sports station in the country, recently extended its deal with Serie A until the end of the 2028-29 season.

The top matches, mainly those featuring AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and Napoli, are shown live on Ziggo, either through Channel 14 (free to Ziggo customers) or Ziggo Sport Totaal.

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In addition to live coverage, fans of Serie A can watch Ziggo’s weekly football roundup show, where Italian football is discussed at length by a panel of experts.

Serie A matches are also shown live on the Ziggy Go app, which is available to download on iOS and Android devices, allowing Dutch fans to watch the best of Italian football on the move, wherever they are.

England - FA Cup

2022-2025

Ziggo Sport has secured Emirates FA Cup rights in the Netherlands from 2022-23 to 2024-25. Fans in the Netherlands can stream all FA Cup games using Viaplay, which is available for an additional monthly fee for viewers already subscribed to Ziggo.

Viaplay’s English football content is available on multiple devices for Ziggo subscribers, including mobiles and tablets (Android and iOS after downloading the Viaplay app from Google Play or the App Store), smart TVs, and streaming devices (LG, Samsung, Sony, Hisense, Apple TV, Chromecast, Nvidia Shield TV), and computers (PCs and Macs in web browsers).

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Additionally, fans who have a “Mediabox Next” or “Next Mini” device can watch Viaplay’s FA Cup games by going to channel 154 on their TVs to open and access the Viaplay app.

Bonus features of Ziggo’s collaboration with Viaplay include fans being able to watch up to two different streams of FA Cup matches simultaneously on separate devices using the same account. In addition, subscribers connect up to five unique devices on the same Viaplay account.

Germany - DFB Pokal

2022-2026

German Cup matches are shown live on Ziggo Sport in the Netherlands, as the pay-TV platform holds exclusive rights to the competition from 2022-23 until the end of the 2025-26 season.

Select matches from the competition are shown across Ziggo Sports linear TV channels, primarily Ziggo Sport, Ziggo Sport 2 and Ziggo Sport 3.

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Live streaming of the German Cup is also available on Ziggo Sport Totaal, the broadcaster’s streaming platform.

While the vast majority of German Cup matches on Ziggo Sport require a subscription, the platform has put the final on free-to-air television in the past. All German Cup matches on Ziggo Sport are broadcast in Dutch.

Spain - Copa del Rey

2022-2025

Ziggo Sport holds the multi-year broadcast rights to the Copa del Rey in the Netherlands through an agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), covering the competition from the 2022-23 season until the end of the 2024-25 edition. The deal allows the channel to air a broad selection of matches from Spain’s domestic cup tournament.

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As part of this agreement, Ziggo Sport broadcasts around 55 matches in total. Two matches per round are shown on its television channels, while the rest are made available through the network’s digital platform. The contract also includes full coverage of both semifinal legs and the final.

The agreement grants Ziggo Sport the ability to compile highlights and use goal replays within its news segments and football-related programming. Match highlights are also published on the network’s official website, where they remain available for up to one month after the original broadcast.

Copa del Rey matches are accessible to Ziggo Sport subscribers via its pay-TV channels, including Ziggo Sport Voetbal, Ziggo Sport Select, and Ziggo Sport 14.

In addition to TV broadcasts, the channel offers online streaming through its Ziggo GO platform. This service is accessible via web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari, and is compatible with mobile devices running Android or iOS.

Belgium - Pro League

2024-2027

About

Ziggo Sport 5 history, coverage, features

Ziggo Sport Docu is a Dutch pay-television channel owned by VodafoneZiggo (a joint venture between Vodafone and Liberty Global) and operated by Ziggo. It was launched on November 12, 2015, as part of the package known as Ziggo Sport Totaal, which has included other sports-specific channels over the years.

Ziggo Sport Docu has often aired documentaries and sports-related movies since its launch. It has also been used as an overflow channel for football events whenever Ziggo Sport Voetbal and Ziggo Sport Extra have been already airing live content. 

Ziggo Sport Docu may offer coverage for international events such as the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the UEFA Women’s Champions League, and the UEFA Youth League, among others. Domestic competitions that may also be covered on this network have included the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A, and the Spanish Primera División, among others.

The channel has been available since its launch in High Definition, although a downscaled version of this feed is available to those users who have not switched to HD technology.